(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), notwithstanding § 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the account is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department for the purpose of providing loans pursuant to Articles 5 (commencing with Section 80400) and 6 (commencing with Section 80450) and for the purpose of providing subsidies for environmental insurance pursuant to the California Financial Assurance and Insurance for Redevelopment Program (Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 80680)).

(b) The money in the account may be expended by the department, a regional board, the state board, and the agency for the implementation and administration of this article and for implementation and administration of the California Financial Assurance and Insurance for Redevelopment Program (Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 80680)), only upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or in another measure.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 80355

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)